TheUniversity of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) has added a three part series on Adoption and Permanency to its resource library. Students, professionals, and families will find these modules useful: Module 1: Adoption and Permanency: An Introduction Module 2: Adoption & Permanency: Loss, Grief and Trauma Module 3: Adoption & Permanency: Identity, Openness and […]
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Global Nutrition Report
This report card on the world’s global, regional and country-by-country nutrition assesses countries’ progress in meeting global nutrition targets established by the World Health Assembly. It documents how well countries, aid donors, NGOs, businesses, and others are meeting the commitments they made at the major Nutrition for Growth summit in 2013. This report is the second report in an annual […]
Interactive Map: What States Consider Parental Disability in Termination of Parental Rights?
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare put together an interactive map providing up to date information on how states are including parental disability language in their state statutes, and resources about the intersection of parents with disabilities and child welfare.
Children in Common: Ensuring the Emotional Well-Being of Children When Parenting Apart
The Children, Youth & Family Consortium’s Children’s Mental Health eReview summarizes children’s mental health research and implications for practice and policy. It addresses the gap between what we know from the literature and what we experience working with families. Each issue explores a specific topic area and reflects the expertise of a group of people […]
DS-Connect®: The Down Syndrome Registry
DS-Connect®: The Down Syndrome Registry, launched by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in 2013, contains lists of health care providers easily searched by specialty and location.
CDC’s Women’s Health National Health Observances
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has compiled a list of national women’s health observances, holidays and other special times of year. Want to know more about National Family Caregivers Month, American Diabetes Month or World AIDS Day? This list contains information available for these and many more observances.
Video: Resilience–Trauma & Early Childhood Development Discussion Guide for Child Welfare
In partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development, CASCW created Core Story 5: Resilience. This video is a part of the Trauma and Early Childhood Development Discussion Guide for Child Welfare developed in partnership with the Center for Early Education and Development, which will be released in October 2015. Children are incredibly […]
Module: Cross-Cultural Discussion of Disability Policies for Child Welfare Professionals
Created by the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW), federal and national policies on school based-disability support for children with mild cognitive and behavioral disabilities, such as special education, are reviewed in this module. With a focus on Minnesota and Japan, the module examines how educators are implementing federal and national policies in their […]
National Bullying Prevention Month Quick-Guide
This Quick-Guide, created by the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health in collaboration with the State Adolescent Health Resource Center created this guide to help those who want to do more to participate in adolescent-related national health observances like National Bullying Prevention Month (October). The National Bullying Prevention Month Quick-Guide can help you distribute important messages about […]
5-Minute MCH: MCH Leadership Competencies
The MCH Navigator designed a program to improve students’ and professionals’ knowledge and skills of the 12 MCH Leadership Competencies. The 5-Minute MCH: Master the MCH Leadership Competencies in 5-Minutes per Week explores each competency through learning opportunities and implementation strategies, culminating in an interactive learning session with an expert from the field. http://mchnavigator.org/5min/competency-1-1.php
Infographic: Child Health Day
Child Health Day is celebrated on the first Monday of October. For more info on National Child Health Day, including a video message from Dr. Michael C. Lu (Associate Administrator for Maternal and Child Health) and interviews with families benefiting from Title V programs, the below infographic highlighting the national impact of Title V programs, a link to the […]
Chronic School Absenteeism in the Elementary Grades
During the 2013-2014 school year, there were 5,785 chronic absenteeism reports made to the Hennepin County Attorney’s office (HCAO) for students, ages 5-11 years old. Since 2010, Hennepin County’s response to chronic absenteeism across all grades has involved a multi-stage intervention model called be@school. The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) has put together […]
Promoting Children’s Mental Health
What do you think of when you hear the phrase “mental health?” The Children, Youth & Family Consortium (CYFC) created the short video Mental Health: Yours, Mine and Ours shows us how children’s mental health is a public health issue. Want more? See their publication on how social emotional learning is linked to children’s mental health, […]
The MN LEND Brief – ASD and Culture • Spring 2015
The MN LEND program is excited to announce the release of its most recent edition of LEND Brief on ASD & Culture. This edition provides information about how diverse communities view, understand and experience Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD). It showcases projects and programs that recognize dimensions of culture, socioeconomics, and language through […]
Mental Health: Yours, Mine and Ours
What do you think about when you hear “children’s mental health”? Extension Children, Youth & Family Consortium (CYFC) has published a new video titled: “Mental Health: Yours, Mine and Ours“. Watch this 6-minute video to learn about children’s mental health as a public health issue, mental health prevention and promotion activities, and ways to support […]